What would be the best way to teach cooking to young students? Would technology make it easier or harder?
I first started my research by researching cooking programs for children. I found this youtube video about an organization called Kids Culinary Arts. Kids Culinary Arts started because many schools arts program's have been dropped, and to help the child obesity problem in the country. The program gets kids in the kitchen and teach them to make healthy food. While kids are cooking in the program, they are not only having fun, but also are planning, making decisions, solving problems, and leading others. It also helps with their reading, science, social studies, and health.
After watching the video, I realized even more how pivotal cooking is for children's lives. Child obesity is a major problem int he United States presently. One way I could help that is by teaching elementary school children how to cook healthy. Once children realize how fun it is to cook healthy food, they will go home and tell their parents what they ate. Also, children will feel better by eating the health food instead of bad food. Kids Culinary Arts does exactly what I want to teach to my kids. The organization has the same motives I want to teach my kids. I want to teach my kids that cooking is fun. They will not even notice what they are eating is healthy because they will have so much fun while cooking. I need to complete further research on ways to make cooking fun, and what healthy recipres would be the most beneficial for them.
Watch the video to see what Kids Culinary Arts is about!
HEALTHY COOKING FOR KIDS
I like how you to initiative to look for cooking videos as a tool to teaching kids the importance and fun in cooking. It is a great way to keep young children interested and interactive with the topic. I would have like to see more research on the other driving questions in your recent posting, such as cooking with family, etc. In general, another good website for kids would be Kidspot.com.au. Overall, I like the topic!
ReplyDeleteI think you did a great job pin pointing your motive and goal for your driving question by finding a YouTube video that supports it. It helped illustrate the direction you are trying to go for your 20% project. It's also good that you addressed the issue of obesity in our country because I think healthy cooking and eating habits is a great way to resolve the problem. You could provide a healthy suggestion for each meal of the day. Pinterest is always a useful tool for recipes!
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